Altcoins
KuCoin raises US$150 mln at US$10B valuation
The series B round, led by Jump Crypto, helped push the cryptocurrency exchange's valuation to US$10 billion, KuCoin said.
Monika Ghosh
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Investment
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Investment Insights
How tokenization could transform Hong Kong’s fixed income markets
Tokenizing capital markets could offer greater efficiency and liquidity. How would that work in Hong Kong’s regulatory environment?
Scott Thiel
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DeFi News
Why Gen Z could turn to DeFi mortgages to build real estate wealth
Gen Z is already keen on metaverse real estate. Will using DeFi to finance property deals — in the real or virtual world — be the next frontier?
Ryan Berkun
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Altcoins
Binance, a16z among investors backing Musk’s Twitter bid with US$7B
Three dozen investors, including Binance, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Fidelity Management & Research, have provided financing commitments of US$7.14 billion in support of Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter, regulatory filings show. See related article: Twitter accepts Musk’s US$44B bid, sends Dogecoin to crypto top 10 Fast facts Oracle co-founder Lawrence Ellison was the […]
Monika Ghosh
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NFTs and Art
How NFTs can allow everyone to benefit from robots and automation
What are ‘machine NFTs’ and how could they help democratize the ownership of capital in a future ‘machine economy’? Max Thake of peaq explains.
Max Thake
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Altcoins
New US$1B crypto fund lands backing from a16z, Solana founders
Former Microsoft strategist Joe McCann’s new crypto fund Asymmetric has gained backing from a16z’s Marc Andreessen and Solana cofounders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, The Block reported. See related article: KuCoin launches $100 mln fund for NFT projects Fast facts Asymmetric is aiming to raise US$1 billion to be split into a venture investment fund […]
Monika Ghosh
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Investment Insights
Why tokenized funds are the next frontier in real estate investing
Tokenizing an asset allows its trading to be faster and cheaper, writes Oi-Yee Choo of ADDX. It can also broaden opportunities for small investors.
Oi-Yee Choo
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Altcoins
FTX, Tiger Global invest $350M in Near protocol
Near protocol, a smart-contract enabled layer 1 blockchain, has bagged US$350 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global. See related article: Polkadot is top crypto held by VCs and hedge funds in Q4 2021 Fast facts FTX Ventures, Republic Capital, Hashed, and Dragonfly Capital participated in the funding round led by Tiger Global. […]
Monika Ghosh
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Bitcoin News
Binance’s investment in Forbes is a wake-up call for the crypto industry
When the world’s biggest crypto exchange acquires a major stake in the business publication it once sued for defamation, should we worry?
Nick Saponaro
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Altcoins
Tiger Global leads $50M round in Philippine crypto exchange
The Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) has raised US$50 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global. Fast facts UBX, the venture fund of UnionBank of the Philippines, Kingsway Capital, Jump Capital, U.S. blockchain payments company Ripple, among others, also participated in the round. The funding round started in August last year […]
Monika Ghosh
